Shakespeare and the Victorian Stage

Klappentext The contributions to this book constitute a concerted account of the place of Shakespeare in the Victorian theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Shakespeare in the Picture Frame: 1. Artists and Stage Designers W. Moelwyn Merchant; 2. David Scott's Queen Elizabeth Viewing the Performance of the 'Merry Wives of Windsor' in the Globe Theatre James Fowler; 3. Charles Kean's King Richard II: A Pre-Raphelite drama Richard Foulkes; 4. Stage Costume: Historical Verisimilitude and Stage Convention Marion Jones; Part II. Shakespeare and the Lyceum Dynasty: 5. Pictorial Acting and Ellen Terry Michael R. Booth; 6. Mercutio as Romeo: William Terriss in Romeo and Juliet George Rowell; 7. 'Weirdness that lifts and colours all': The Secret Self of Henry Irving Peter Thompson; 8. The Criminal as Actor: H. B. Irving as Criminologist and Shakespearean Cary M. Mazer; Part III. Shakespeare Ancient and Modern: 9. The Lear of Private Life: Interpretations of King Lear in the Nineteenth Century J. S. Bratton; 10. Macready's Production of Cymbeline Carol J. Carlisle; 11. The Imperial Theme Ralph Berry; Part IV. Shakespeare as a Contemporary: 12. James Sheridan Knowles: The Victorian Shakespeare? Christopher Murray; 13. Victorian Imitations of and Variations on A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest Jane W. Stedman; 14. Sullivan and Shakespeare Arthur Jacobs; Part V. Shakespeare as a Foreign Dramatist: 15. The 'Shakespeare-Stage' in Nineteenth-Century Germany Simon Williams; 16. Shakespeare on French Stages in the Nineteenth Century Christopher Smith; 17. Shakespeare and the Italian Players in Victorian London Kenneth Richards; Part VI. Shakespeare in the provinces: 18. Shakespeare in a Victorian Provincial Stock Company Arnold Hare; 19. The Popular Audience for Shakespeare in Nineteenth-Century Leicester Jeremy Crump; 20. Charles Dillon: A Provincial Tragedian Kathleen Barker.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Foulkes
• Assisted by: Richard Foulkes (Editor), Foulkes Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521089531
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08953-1
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theatre Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean